Tim Jackson Quotes
- Status-driven, conspicuous consumption thrives from the language of novelty.
- Novelty is adaptive when things are changing and you need to adapt yourself. Tradition is essential to lay down the stability to raise families and…
- Questioning growth is deemed to be the act of lunatics, idealists and revolutionaries. But question it we must.
- The idea of a non-growing economy may be an anathema to an economist. But the idea of a continually growing economy is an anathema to…
- Our own relentless search for novelty and social status locks us into an iron cage of consumerism. Affluence has itself betrayed us.
- There is a real fear around shifting from our existing economic system because people believe it gives us social organisation, a sense of freedom, and…
- Big companies are reliant on institutional investors on a punishing schedule which leads to ruthless behaviour. This form of capitalism with this structure and incentives…
- On the mathematical side, you could in principle build a society in which people were fulfilling their needs and flourishing as human beings in a…
- We have stood up and said continuing growth in the Western world is unjust, inappropriate and potentially destabilising. Having said that, we understand why governments…
- Productivity - the amount of output delivered per hour of work in the economy - is often viewed as the engine of progress in modern…
- It is the accuracy and detail inherent in crafted goods that endows them with lasting value. It is the time and attention paid by the…
- In short, avoiding the scourge of unemployment may have less to do with chasing after growth and more to do with building an economy of…